Kermit Ruffins Happy Talk

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Kermit Ruffins’ new record, Happy Talk, is available now. Pick it up at your favorite retailer, online stores like Amazon.com, digital stores like iTunes, or from BasinStreetRecords.com.

Join us in New Orleans at Mid-City Lanes Rock n Bowl for his CD release party on 11/5/10. He’ll be there with his big band!
Look for Kermit on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on 12/7/10. You may have seen Kermit on HBO’s Treme.
Read what the Associated Press says about the record HERE.
Billboard says “It’s sweet stuff.”
This just in…Happy Talk moved up from 7, to 6, and now #5 on the Billboard Jazz Chart dated 11/27/10. Happy Talk is #4 on the CMJ Jazz Radio chart and #11 on the JazzWeek Radio chart (just 3 spins away from a top 10 jazz radio hit!)
Other upcoming shows:
Nov 23 Bullet’s
Nov 25 Howlin’ Wolf
Nov 30 Bullet’s
Dec 3 & 4 BAM, Brooklyn, NY
Dec 7 NBC’s Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon
Dec 9 Vaughan’s
Dec 11 Louisiana Music Factory 11am
Dec 11 Treme Creole Gumbo Fest 4p
Dec 11 Rock & Bowl 9:30p
Dec 14 Bullet’s
Dec 16 Vaughan’s
Dec 18 House of Blues, BDay/Christmas Bash
Dec 21 Bullet’s
Dec 23 Vaughan’s
Dec 28 Bullet’s
Dec 30 Vaughan’s
Dec 31 Blue Nile
Jan 1 Rock & Bowl

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Basin Street Records Jazz Fest Guide 2010

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Over 40 appearances in 10 days:

4/22 Jeremy Davenport at Ritz-Carlton’s Davenport Lounge 5:30p
4/22 Jon Cleary at Jazz & Heritage Foundation Gala 7p
4/22 Kermit Ruffins at Vaughan’s Lounge 9p
4/23 Jon Cleary at Jazz Fest (Gentilly Stage) 1:55p
4/23 Jeremy Davenport at Ritz-Carlton’s Davenport Lounge 9p
4/23 Kermit Ruffins at Rock and Bowl midnight (also Eric Lindell & Anders Osborne beginning at 8:30p)
4/23 Jon Cleary at House of Blues 9p
4/24 Jon Cleary at Jazz Fest (Blues Tent w/ Davell Crawford) 2:35p
4/24 Bill Summers & Jazsalsa at Jazz Fest (Jazz Tent) 2:55p
4/24 Dr. Michael White at Jazz Fest (Economy Hall) 4:30p
4/24 Dr. Michael White CD Signing in Jazz Fest Retail Tent 6:10p
4/24 Irvin Mayfield at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse 8p
4/24 Theresa Andersson at Le Petit Theatre 9p
4/24 Jeremy Davenport at Ritz-Carlton’s Davenport Lounge 9p
4/25 Jeremy Davenport at Jazz Fest (Jazz Tent) 12:55p
4/25 Theresa Andersson at Jazz Fest (Sheraton Stage) 1:40p
4/25 Jeremy Davenport CD Signing at Jazz Fest Retail Tent 2:15p
4/25 Theresa Andersson CD Signing at Jazz Fest Retail Tent 3p
4/25 Irvin Mayfield at Jazz Fest (Jazz Tent) 3:55p
4/25 Jon Cleary at Tipitina’s Uptown 10p
4/27 Bill Summers & Jazalsa at Bill’s House Party 7p
4/27 Kermit Ruffins at Bullet’s 10p (later than usual start)
4/28 Kermit Ruffins at Louisiana Music Factory noon
4/28 Jeremy Davenport at Louisiana Music Factory 1p
4/28 Bill Summers & Jazalsa at Bill’s House Party 7p
4/28 Irvin Mayfield at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse 8p
4/28 Kermit Ruffins Treme House Party w/ Dr. Michael White and Henry Butler at House of Blues 9p
4/28 Jon Cleary at Carousel Bar in Monteleone Hotel 8p
4/29 Jeremy Davenport at Ritz-Carlton’s Davenport Lounge 5:30p
4/29 Jon Cleary at DBA 8p
4/29 Theresa Andersson at Louisiana Music Factory 9p
4/29 Kermit Ruffins at Vaughan’s Lounge 9p
4/30 Kermit Ruffins at Jazz Fest (Congo Square) 2:35p
4/30 Kermit Ruffins CD Signing at Jazz Fest Retail Tent 4p
4/30 Henry Butler w/ N.O.Social Club at Jazz Fest (Blues Tent) 4:15p
4/30 Jeremy Davenport at Ritz-Carlton’s Davenport Lounge 9p
4/30 Jon Cleary at DBA midnight
5/1 Henry Butler at Jazz Fest (Gentilly Stage) 12:55p
5/1 Jon Cleary at Mahalia Jackson Theatre 7p
5/1 Henry Butler at Snug Harbor 8p & 10p
5/1 Kermit Ruffins at Rock and Bowl 8:30p
5/1 Jeremy Davenport at Ritz-Carlton’s Davenport Lounge 9p
5/1 Theresa Andersson at Tipitina’s French Quarter 10p
5/1 Jon Cleary at Maple Leaf Bar 11p
Theresa Andersson has a brand new DVD, Live at Le Petit, available at fine retailers and www.BasinStreetRecords.com.
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Watch and listen for Kermit Ruffins and some of our other artists on HBO’s TREME

Basin Street Records Jazz Fest Guide 2010

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Here you will find the schedules of Jeremy Davenport, Kermit Ruffins, Dr. Michael White, Irvin Mayfield, Theresa Andersson, Henry Butler, and Jon Cleary.
Don’t miss the premiere of HBO’s TREME on April 11th.
Pick up our CDs at your favorite retailer or our website.
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